Brain Biters (Bethyl story)

Chapter 4

BETHS POV
Ugh light I think as I slightly squint my eyes open, the sunlight streaming through the window, shining into my eyes and blinding me.
" she's not the same Glenn" I can hear maggie say. I can tell that she has tears in her eyes.
"What do you expect maggie the poor girl has been to hell and back, we just need to protect her"
Huh protect me?, ehh...no. This damsel protects herself thank you very much I don't need no ones help. I open my eyes fully and sit up. my head is thumping. I grab my boots, slide them on, maggie comes running to me, her eyes are red and puffy, I knew it she was crying, bloody hell she's worse than me.
" beth let me help you" she says to me grabbing my arm. I let her help me because I know without her I'm just going to collapse like a heap on the ground
" Thanks"I stand up wobbling a bit but I refuse to sit down again, ignoring the black spots that are filling my vision and the aching of my bones. I look down at my arm, it's been stitched up, I can tell that it's carols handiwork. I look around the room and see people spread out, Maggies retreated back to Glenn, sitting close to each other. Rick, Carl and judy are sitting together, Rick bouncing judy on his knee, michone and Tara talking together, the newcomers that I hadn't had a chance to meet properly are sitting in a group, father Gabriel's sitting on his own so is Noah. carol and Daryl are sitting close together, I feel a slight pang of jealousy making its way to the surface but I push it down, don't be so stupid beth get over yourself, carol and daryl have always had a thing, just because I spent time with daryl doesn't change anything. I walk up to carol and thank her for fixing my arm, avoiding Daryl's piercing stare, I then walk over to Noah and sit next to him nudging him a little
" hey dude, why so glum" I say while pinching his cheeks and talking in a ridiculous voice trying to get him to crack a smile.
This makes him laugh " there we go, you can laugh"
" I hate you, you know that" Noah says to me while trying to hide his ever growing grin
" aww I hate you too" and we laugh in unison. " well sorry to leave you but I'm going to clean up"
" good you need it"
" haha very funny" and with that I stand up giving him one last nudge
Me and Noah have become really close lately, I think he's probably my best friend, I can talk to him. Sure I got Maggie my sister to talk to but I feel like me and her have grown apart a lot especially since her and Glenn got married, she never really had time for me after that. Ricks like and uncle to me and I have no idea what daryl is to me. Maybe a possible love interest..., No beth shut up he doesn't think of you that way, he just sees you as another dead girl that needs protecting. I start to slip out the door of the room, trying to go unnoticed, when I think I've succeeded I feel a hand go around my wrist a females hand.
" where you going beth?"
" if you don't mind, I'm going to clean up"
" by yourself?" I could feel people's eyes staring at us now, obviously alerted by the commotion between us two sisters
" yes Maggie I'm going by myself, you know I'm not completely useless, I can take care of myself, not that you would know, I mean did you even think about me after the prison?, who am I kidding of course you didn't you were to concerned about your husband, I mean I'm only your sister!"
" beth..."
" save it Maggie, you know after the prison fell and daddy... Well all I could think about was getting my big sister back, just getting to hug you one last time and then then I got taken by dawn. I was in that hospital and I truly believed that nobody was coming for me, that I would be stuck in that hell hole for the rest of my life. The night after I helped Noah escape,I was ready to die, I was going to take down as many people as I could, knowing that I was going to die in the process. That's when carol came, and I got a little hope back, I thought to myself that my big sisters finally come for me, but It turned out that you weren't even there. I found out that you hadn't spoke about me or looked for me or even though about me once. I bet you just assumed I was dead, that poor little Bethy couldn't handle it on her own, she'd be a walker kebab within a few hours, well Maggie I'm here and I made it and I love you but I can look out for myself."
Just then I felt the hot pain of a hand hitting my face, out of reflex my hand went straight to my cheek,where the palm had just met . Maggie had just slapped me
"Don't you dare talk to me like that beth" she said to me
"Or what Maggie?, you gonna hit me again?, don't worry I've sort of become a punching bag lately anyway"
And with that I was gone leaving them all staring after me, shocked by my outburst. The only person who had really seen me like that was daryl, during our argument at the cabin. The beth that I used to be, the beth that they used to know would never say anything like that, she would just sit in the corner and never speak up, well that beth has grown up.